Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A small donkey, especially one used as a pack animal.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A donkey.
- n. A name sometimes given in Great Britain to the alga Laminaria digitata.
- n. A name of species of grunts of the family Hœmulidæ, as Pomadasis macracanthus of the Pacific coast of tropical America.
Wiktionary
- n. a small donkey
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (Zoöl.), Southern U.S. A donkey.
WordNet 3.0
- n. small donkey used as a pack animal
Etymologies
- From Spanish (Wiktionary)
- Spanish, back-formation from borrico, donkey, from Late Latin burrīcus, small horse. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)
Examples
“Why not use humor in teaching style, especially when it makes the point so well? burro, burrow A burro is an ass.”
A Progressive on the Prairie » Booking Through Thursday: Grammar » Print
“I had one of the lowest IQs in my class and was called a burro by the kids and stupid by our teachers most of my life.”
“If sitting on a burro is too distressing for the little one, there are peaceful grottoes, with the figure of Juan Diego kneeling before the Blessed Mother, that can serve as a background.”
“In some cases even a burro is present, for the Virgin to mount.”
“Even when Dona Berta delivered our burros de leña, (firewood was measured in burro loads) small-talk was kept to a minimum.”
“It gets its name from Mexico, where it was a popular “packed lunch” for traveling burro is Spanish for donkey.”
“The burro is the common carrier and, because of his sterling qualities, is a prime favorite in all of the pueblos.”
“The one good thing about staying here is the fact that I saw my first "burro" on the trail.”
“One should remember that in the development of these deserts the prospector owes a deep debt of gratitude to that patient, faithful little beast, the donkey, or "burro," as it is commonly known; without the service of this animal many a man would have suffered a lingering death.”
“The brown aboriginal, his "burro" laden with charcoal, or skins of _pulque_, or himself staggering under a load of planks heavy enough to weigh down”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘burro’.
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horses
everything horses
horse, bay, bloodhorse, bloodstock, bolter, broncho, bronco, brumby, bucker, buckjumper, cob, cocktail and 200 more...
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Animales en español / animals in Spanish
lista de animales en español
león, rata, hormiga, gato, mona, cerdo, raton, perro, pájaro, toro, vaca, burro and 86 more...
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The Troublesome Offspring Of Cardinal...
Words and names discovered or re-discovered while reading and re-reading this awesome book.
LOUIS DE BERNIÈRES, the Navantes, the Cusicuari, the Kogi, the Acahuatecs, Mount Aconcagua, Hoy, miedo, escandalice, puede, hablar, ingenio and 328 more...
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Spelling Bee list 2011
Abalone, ablution, absolution, aboriginally, abstemious, academician, acclamation, accommodation, acculturation, acetic, acetone, acme and 590 more...
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Flora and Fauna
poa annua, pooka, vole, bestiary, popple, turgor, starling, sharpy, copse, coreopsis, clove, corvid and 348 more...
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Nullologue
nullologue, vaudeville, debauchery, debauched, libertine, nothing, dhadak, tz pf, nothingology, goodbyeology, sharmuta, manifesto and 866 more...
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Next!
salvific, redemptive, salvic, roil, changeling, barrow, burro, sow, swath, haymow, shock, sheaves and 190 more...
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diandraflu's list
crespella, auspicio, bizzarro, gengivite, cottonfiocc, gotha, malavita, burro, parola, crocchetta, prurito, ordunque and 12 more...
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charming words sung by Joanna Newsom
lateen, catenaries, dirigibles, taciturn, exhume, vestal, bedraggled, poetaster, keening, embarcadero, slack-jawed, straggly and 82 more...
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al sur del rio
hablabamos, mija, colombiano, playa, porque, conmigo, venga, cantar, bailar, prevenir, peatonal, tequila and 65 more...
Tweets
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